Course Description: Commonalities of the Arts
is a survey course designed to examine painting, sculpture, architecture,
music, literature, drama and philosophy in Western civilization.

Course Objectives: This course is intended
to help the student develop the following:
A. a fundamental knowledge of Western art, music, literature and drama
B. an awareness of how various arts are influenced by and influence each
other
C. the ability to recognize those moments when masterpieces are created
D. a sense of art evaluation, including recognition, appreciation and enjoyment of works
of art

Course Policies
1. Course time will be devoted to lecture, discussion, viewing of visual materials
and listening to audio materials. Students are expected to attend all class
sessions. Tests and assignments missed due to absence may not be made up except for
justifiable absences. (Whenever possible, the instructor or office should be contacted
before the missed class.) Tests will be available in the office until the following class
period. Other assignments may be made up one week after the absence. Each absence over two
may reduce the "class participation" portion of the grade by one letter. Partial
attendance may be counted as an absence.
2. Turn in all assignments by the due date.
3. Plagiarism (submitting another person's work as you own) and academic dishonesty
(copying another person's lab or exam, i.e. cheating) will result in the student's failure
in the course.
4. The instructor reserves the right to alter the syllabus over the course of the
semester. Changes in scheduled activities will be announced in class; it is up to the
individual students to keep abreast of these changes.

Course Evalutation Method: Tests every other week
will evaluate knowledge of information covered since previous exam. There is
no comprehensive midterm or final. Most questions will be
multiple-choice or short-answer. Individual research will investigate a topic
from the previous or current lesson. The student will attend one live performance or
exhibit and then give a report using the guideline provided by the instructor.